David Hayman
Description
Set in Poland during World War II. Innocent and naive 8-year-old Bruno is bored and restless in his new home. Ignoring his mother, he sets off on an adventure in the woods. He comes across a high fence which separates him from the people he can see through it. Soon he meets a young boy in striped pajamas, and a surprising friendship develops.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
A fast living, cynical London music executive heads to a remote Cornish village where he's pranked by his boss into trying to sign a group of shanty singing fishermen. He struggles to gain the respect or enthusiasm of the unlikely boy band and their families. Soon he's forced to reevaluate his own integrity and ultimately question what success really means.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
Javed, a British teen of Pakistani descent, is growing up in England in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. But when he is introduced to the music of 'the Boss,' Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in Springsteen's powerful lyrics.
5) Kingslayer
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Days away from his coronation, a secret meeting with the woman he loves turns into a life and death fight for survival for the future King of England, Richard the Lionheart. Ambushed by mercenaries, and with the identity of the man who ordered his murder a mystery, Richard is left with no allies he can trust. Standing alone as civil war looms, the young prince is forced to face not only his enemies but the harsh responsibilities of leadership.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
The Hollow crown: New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the 'Henriad' for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard; II King Henry IV, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2 and King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a story with recurring themes of power struggles, redemption,...
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Danger-courting excursionist James Delaney returns to London in 1814 in order to attend his father's funeral. He not only inherit his notorious father's shipping empire, but all the enemies and debts created by his father's dubious dealings.
15) Sid and Nancy
Series
Criterion collection volume 20
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Formats
Description
Sid & Nancy chronicles the brief, intense attachment of two of Punk rock's most notorious poster children, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen.
17) Speed dating
Publisher
MTI Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Description
The story of James Van Der Bexton as he approaches his 30th birthday. Following the break up with the love of his life, he takes up speed dating with little success. Now he turns his attention to a mysterious young woman who hangs out at his local pub. In trying to discover more about her, he plays at being a private detective but this only leads him to being hospitalised suffering amnesia.
18) Hope and glory
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
The autobiographical film is a nostalgic and gently comic remembrance of England during the turbulent Blitz as seen through the eyes of ten-year-old Billy Rohan. While the beauty of the aircrafts and tanks holds endless wonders for the young boy, others know all too well the destruction they bring. Navigating difficult times are mother Grace, who finds herself head of the household when her husband is drafted; Billy's sister, Dawn, whose romance and...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Explores the bitter internal rivalries among police investigators, the political pressures of high-profile cases, and the legal maneuverings of defense attorneys and prosecutors. Police probe an abandoned house concealing multiple murders, a dysfunctional family with a deeply troubled musical prodigy, the mysterious disappearance of a well-connected woman, and a shadowy sex club for London's elite.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Acquisition Corp. LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Danger-courting excursionist James Delaney returns to London in 1814 in order to attend his father's funeral. He inherits his notorious father's shipping empire, as well as all of the enemies and debts his father's dubious dealings had picked up along with it.